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December 31, 2008

U.S. architects are designing U.S.-style suburbs overseas

By DAISY NGUYEN
Associated Press Writer

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This is one of the “Napa Valley” houses in Beijing. In Asia and the Middle East, new homes are going up in master-planned communities resembling those in California, some of them designed by Aram Bassenian’s firm, Bassenian Lagoni. In China, some developments even bear the names of California suburbs such as Mission Hills or Palm Springs.

LOS ANGELES — Architect Andy Feola keeps running into Southern California colleagues in some of the world's most exotic locations — from the Egyptian desert to China to Azerbaijan.


 
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